The spoofing problem: Why tech platforms' age verification may not protect minors
As platforms rush to verify users' ages, experts warn consumer-grade cameras lack the technology to reliably authenticate minors.
Dec 17, 2025
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Page 5: Research news on Online child safety regulation
Online child safety regulation addresses legal, technical, and policy frameworks designed to protect minors on digital platforms, particularly social media and search services. Central themes include statutory minimum ages for account creation, mandatory age verification and age assurance technologies, and safety-by-design obligations such as teen defaults and PG-13 content gating. The field also examines platform liability for addictive design and youth mental health harms, constitutional and human-rights challenges to age-gating laws, and the effectiveness of national and regional regulatory regimes in reducing online risks to children.
Consumer & Gadgets
Tech savvy users have most digital concerns, study finds
Digital concerns around privacy, online misinformation, and work-life boundaries are highest among highly educated, Western European millennials, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and the University of British Columbia.
Dec 14, 2025
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Internet
Reddit files legal challenge to Australia social media ban
Online discussion site Reddit launched a legal challenge Friday to Australia's social media ban for under-16s, just days after the landmark law came into effect.
Dec 12, 2025
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If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids' photos online?
As Australia's ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it's a good idea or even legal rages on—both at home and overseas.
Dec 11, 2025
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Denmark plans to severely restrict social media use for young people
As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead and severely restrict social media access for young people.
Dec 11, 2025
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Australia's social media ban won't stop cyberbullying
The Australian Federal government's Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act, commonly referred to as the "social media ban," is now in effect.
Dec 10, 2025
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Banning kids from social media doesn't make online platforms safer. Here's what will do that
The tech industry's unofficial motto for two decades was "move fast and break things." It was a philosophy that broke more than just taxi monopolies or hotel chains. It also constructed a digital world filled with risks for ...
Dec 10, 2025
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Australia bans under-16s from social media in world-first crackdown
Australia banned under-16s from social media in a world-first crackdown on Wednesday, declaring it was time to "take back control" from formidable tech giants.
Dec 10, 2025
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What's my age again? The tech behind Australia's social media ban
Tech giants will apply multiple layers of security to weed out young users under Australia's world-first ban on social media for under-16s.
Dec 9, 2025
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We built AI friends but forgot the safeguards
Recently, a popular AI Companion company made headlines by announcing it would ban users under 18 from open-ended chats with its AI characters, with the full restriction to taking effect on 25 November 2025.
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